请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 uproot
释义

uproot

[ uhp-root, -root ]
/ ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR uproot ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object)

to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population.
to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions.
to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life: to uproot a people.

verb (used without object)

to become uprooted.

Origin of uproot

First recorded in 1610–20; up- + root2

SYNONYMS FOR uproot

3 extirpate, banish, eliminate, remove.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR uproot ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM uproot

up·root·ed·ness, nounup·root·er, noun

Words nearby uproot

uprise, uprising, upriver, uproar, uproarious, uproot, uprose, uprouse, uprush, UPS, upsa-daisy
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for uproot

British Dictionary definitions for uproot

uproot
/ (ʌpˈruːt) /

verb (tr)

to pull up by or as if by the roots
to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings
to remove or destroy utterly

Derived forms of uproot

uprootedness, nounuprooter, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 14:30:36